Council required 'to protect children online'

Thursday, 27 Mar 2008. Categories: UK

A council should be created to defend the safety of British children online, a new report has concluded.

Child psychologist Dr Tanya Byron has today published the findings of her six-month study into young people's safety on the internet and made a number of proposals to which the government has pledged its full support.

Among the plans, designed to protect youngsters from a variety of online threats, is the establishment of a security council - to be chaired by the Home Office and the creation of voluntary codes of behaviour for sites displaying user-generated content.

Furthermore, she recommends that internet service providers should have to offer parents guidance on activating parental controls.

Dr Byron told the Guardian: "Ironically parents' concerns about risk and safety of their children ... outside has driven a generation of children indoors, where it could be argued they are being exposed to a whole new set of risks."

Last month, Internet Safety Day took place across the EU.

The organisers warned that people are at risk through the web from a variety of online threats, including bullying, harassment and fraud.

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Council required 'to protect children online'

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